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Midway, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bamberg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29003. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle.

Midway within Bamberg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2019, burning about 857 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning98
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bamberg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Midway: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kirkland PitCalciumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bamberg County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMidway$4,000Trees down on Goose Bay Road and crop damage to corn and wheat fields from microburst winds. EM also reported a tree down on a powerlines on Goose Bay Road.
June 2014HailMidway$4,000Resident reported golf ball size hail from the storm.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMidway$4,000Trees down on Goose Bay Road and crop damage to corn and wheat fields from microburst winds. EM also reported a tree down on a powerlines on Goose Bay Road.
April 1999Tornado (F0)Midway$500Damage survey confirmed an F0 tornado took down some trees and powerlines.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Midway-A NWS Survey Team confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado south of the town of Bamberg in Bamberg County, SC from March 12th, 2026. The tornado formed near the intersection of HWY 601 and Harley Rd and continued east along Harley Road. Most of the damage occurred on a property at the intersection of HWY 601 and Harley Rd where multiple trees were downed and one large pine tree trunk was found snapped. The tornado continued into a field to the east, evident in the grass leaning in opposite directions, and lifted before reaching a wooded area east of the field.
August 2024Flash FloodMidway-SCDOT website reports that Spring Branch Road is closed between Pierce Road and Hunter's Chapel Road due to water running over the road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMidway-Multiple trees were downed on Bethel Rd and Hunters Chapel Rd, SE of Bamberg. Time estimated.
May 2006HailMidway-Sheriff reported 1 inch hail in the Midway area.

Every storm recorded in Bamberg County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bamberg3.1 miles15
Bobcat Landing4.3 miles15
Embree4.9 miles18
Ott (historical)6.4 miles15
Clear Pond7.1 miles15
Loraine (historical)7.3 miles15
Farrell Crossroads7.3 miles18
Millersville (historical)7.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1224480. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.